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Sep 1, 2022 · Pittsburgh in Stages offers the first comprehensive history of theater in Pittsburgh, placing it within the context of cultural development in the city and the history of theater nationally. Dividing Pittsburgh's theatrical history into distinct eras, Lynne Conner details the defining movements of each and analyzes how public tastes evolved ...
The heritage of theater in Pittsburgh stretches back to at least 1765, when it was recorded that "balls, plays, concerts, and comedies" were being performed at the British military installation at Fort Pitt. [4]
What's in the entire collection? The Curtis Theatre Collection documents the history of the performing arts in western Pennsylvania. The collection contains books, journals, programs, scrapbooks, photographs, posters, and other performing arts ephemera dating back to the 1850s. The Curtis Collection is also the home of the records of a number ...
Apr 29, 2020 · According to the book “Henry Clay Frick: The Life of the Perfect Capitalist,” by Quentin R. Skrabec Jr., there were 3,000 cars in the city of Pittsburgh in 1906 and 2,000 of them were in the ...
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Mar 8, 2021 · This story begins in 1896, on the day that an image first flickered on a screen in Downtown Pittsburgh and visits every Downtown theatre that ever played a movie. Learn about the theatres that once dominated the entertainment scene in the Golden Triangle.
The refurbished New Granada Theater remained the glory of the Hill for another three decades, hosting all the giants of the Jazz era: Count Basie, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald, Lionel Hampton, and Lena Home. The New Granada closed after riots ripped through the Hill in the late 1960s.
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Pittsburgh has played an important part in U.S. history from the early days of the French and Indian War (1758), to the Revolutionary War (1776), to the infamous Whiskey Rebellion (1791) and the American Civil War (1860s) with its secretive Underground Railroad stops.
